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CrimeRudy Giuliani: FactCheck: crime NOT at record high when Rudy took office.
Rudy Giuliani: FactCheck: NYC crime did drop, but others deserve credit too.
Rudy Giuliani: FactCheck: Hired 3,660 new cops, but took credit for 12,000.

Energy & OilBill Richardson: FactCheck: Reducing GHGs by 90% costs households $800/yr.
John McCain: FactCheck: Oil independence will take 25 years, not 5 years.
Joe Biden: FactCheck: Oil did not jump $18/bbl due to Iran Resolution.
Chris Dodd: FactCheck: Two other candidates also call for carbon taxes.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: There was no Big Oil tax break under Bush-Cheney.
John McCain: FactCheck: nuclear plants do emit no GHGs, but do have waste.
Tom Tancredo: FactCheck: Global warming has dissent, but not 50-50 split.

Free TradeHillary Clinton: FactCheck: for NAFTA while First Lady; now against CAFTA.
Dennis Kucinich: FactCheck: NAFTA coincided with (not caused) peso collapse.
John Edwards: FactCheck: NAFTA did not cost US a million jobs.